diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseManager.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseManager.java
index 9cb0365..c87f117 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseManager.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseManager.java
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
             .withName(name)
             .withElectionTimeout(electionTimeoutMillis(replicas))
             .withHeartbeatInterval(heartbeatTimeoutMillis(replicas))
-            .withConsistency(Consistency.DEFAULT)
+            .withConsistency(Consistency.STRONG)
             .withLog(log)
             .withDefaultSerializer(new DatabaseSerializer())
             .withReplicas(replicas);
@@ -496,4 +496,4 @@
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ce47213..ecf8439 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <netty4.version>4.0.23.Final</netty4.version>
-        <copycat.version>0.5.0.onos12-SNAPSHOT</copycat.version>
+        <copycat.version>0.4.1.onos</copycat.version>
         <openflowj.version>0.4.0.onos</openflowj.version>
         <karaf.version>3.0.3</karaf.version>
         <jersey.version>1.19</jersey.version>